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PIN TAG.

APPLICATION EILED Nov. I5, 191.5.

'PiIIenIed May 2,1916.

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PIN TAG.l APPLICATION FILED NOV. l5. |915.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0., WASHINGTON. D. c.

'WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.,`ASSIGI\TOR OF ONE-HALF T0WILLIAM Gr. IDUNHAIVI, OF 'MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

:PIN-TAG'.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1916.

To all whom t may concern VBe it known that I, WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, acitizen of the' United States, residing at New York, in the county ofthe Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pin-Tags; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

vThis invention relates to improvements in tags or tickets, particularlydesigned for use on merchandise to receive descriptive letters,numerals, or marks indicative of the quality or price of the article towhich the tag is applied, and which .are commonly termed pin tickets ortags.

The object of the invention is to provide a tag of this character soconstructed that when applied7 it will be securely locked to 'thearticle and the pin point protected against accidental penetration ofadjacent objects.

Vith this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a plan view ofone formof the tag showing it attached; Fig. 2 is a longi-` tudinal sectiontaken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is .a detail perspective View ofthe ticket detached; Fig. 4 is a plan View of a ticket showing aslightly different arrangement of the attaching pin; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 5-5 of` Fig.

4; Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the ticket detached; Fig. 7 is aperspective view of a ticket showing another form of applying the pinthereto; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the pin shown in Fig. 7detached; Fig. 9

' is a plan view of another form of tag showing it applied to the goods;Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section taken on the Iline 10-10 of Fig. 9;Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing this form of tag arranged in astrip such as is used for feeding through a machine; Fig. 12 is aninverted perspective view; and Fig. 13 is a transverse section takenonthe line 13-13 of Fig. 9.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, a ticket or tag 1 isshown which may be composed of any suitable material preferably ofcardboard, and of any desired size, said ticket being provided at oneedge with an inwardly extending straight walled slit 2 the walls ofwhich are parallel and which have the appearance of a single line owingto the fact that the Walls thereof normally contact and thereby preventthe free ends of said walls from engaging adjacent objects, such aswould be liable to tear 0H" one of said walls and release the ticket.This ticket l is designed for containing indicating marks according tothe use for which it is designed.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3, a pin 3 has one end extended throughthe ticket 1 and bent toward the slit edge of the ticket and disposedfiat against the face of the ticketon the side opposite that which isengaged by the body portion of the pin. This bent ticket penetrating end4 may be of anyv desired length, and when applied, is arrangedsubstantially parallel with the body portion thereof. The pointed end 5of the pin projects beyond the slit edge of the ticket 1 a sufficientdistance to adapt it to be bent inwardly and clamped against the face ofthe ticket on the side opposite that which carries the body portion ofthe pin. This pointed end 5 is of a length suiicient to adapt it to beinserted in the slit 2 and bent with the bent portion thereofinterlockingly engaging said slit, whereby the pin and ticket are heldin locked engagement against lateral movement by the straight parallelwalls of the slit, the pointed end of the pin being extended inwardlyand disposed flat against the face of the ticket adjacent the terminalof the bent end 4 of the pin. I

`From the above description, it will be obvious that in the use of thisticket formed j its point arranged as above described, whereby anarticle engaging loop 6 is formed on the rear face of the ticket whichsecurely connects the ticket to the goods.

In the form shown in Figs. 4L to 6, ther-pin 3VV has one end 4 extendedthrough the v ticketl and bent flat against the opposed face thereof.The pin is then again inserted through the ticket at a point 7, forminga clamping loop S on the side of the ticket `opposite to. that on whichthe end 4cy is disposed. This pin, at its second point of passagethrough the ticket is'oflset as shown Y at 9, and the body portionthereofextended toward the -slitfedge'v of the ticket with its pointedend projecting beyond 'said edge,

' similar to the deviceV above described and yshown in Figs.` 1 to 3.The pointed end of this 'fpin 3 is then bent inwardly through the slit 2in theticket, with its terminal dis-` posed adjacent to the offset"portion 9 thereof. This, it isof course understood, is done ,y afterthe kpin yhas been passed through the article to which the ticketli's tobe, attached,

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theAloop formed between the bent fportion of the pin and the offsetportion 9 thereof being designed to connect the ticket to the In theVform shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the ticket l'1 is'the same as that shownin the other figures, but the pin 10A is shown differently/k connectedtherewith. Thispin 10 is shown T`shaped with the head'formed by Y)ticket, thereby Ypositioning vthe other side l `4bending one end of thepin into an elon- 'gatedfloop 11,the side member 12 of `which is engagedwith one face of the ticket 1, and the 'ends thereof Aextending throughthe member 13 off the loopon the opposed face ofv the ticket. Thisloop-shaped head is formed by bending the wire from which the Y pinfi'sconstructed laterally at right angles tothepin, theninwardlyfin a planeparallel withthe right angular portion and extending itbeyond theopposite side ofthe pin, andthenbending its terminal inwardly andpositioningl itladjacent to and in alinement j with the right angularportion. The shank i member 12 of the loop 11 and isv'protected therebyagainst accidental engagement with adjacent objects. l

From the above description, 1t will be vseen that'this' ticket, whilesimple in construc- A tion, may bejreliably connected and locked tothenarticle' towhich it islto be applied, by

means of the interlocking` engagement of the pin with the slit 2 of theticket.

In the form shown in Figs. 9 to 13, the tickets 15 are shown connectedin the forni of a strip designed to be fed through a machine forprinting symbols or price marks thereon. Each of these tickets 15 isconstructed exactly the same as those shown in the other figures exceptthat at the inner end of the slit 2 which is formed in one end thereofand the walls of which normally contact, is an aperture 16, hereshown'round, although obviously it may be of any other desired shape.This aperture 16 is designed to perform the doublefnnction of a locklforthe pin and as a guide for the feeding mechanism when the strip is fedthrough a printing machine. After the pin is inserted through theslitand bent linto engagement with the' ticket at the side of theaperture 16 opposite the slit 2', the walls of this slit will return tocontacting closed position and prevent all possibility of the ticketslipping 0H the merchandise or of the goods being pulled around over thepin, or of the walls ofthe lslit being engaged with surrounding objects.

Tny the'use of the tickets :shown in Figs. 9 to 13,V it is ofcourseunderstood that the tickets lare separated individually from the stripand the pin lOithereof which is exactly like the pin lll-shown in Figs.7 and 8,',is passed through thematerial of the article to which thetagis to be applied, and'said pin isthen bent inwardly through the slit 2acrossthe aperture 16, and into engagement with'the outer faceoftheftag, as is shown clearly in Fig. 9, the bent portion of said pinengaging the inner wall of the opening, and by means kof which lthe pinis heldl against lateral movement.

Y Iv'claim as` my invention:

1. A Vpin tag comprisinga ticket having. a pin 'fixed at one end-theretowith its point projecting beyond one edge of the tag, said edgehaving a.slit formed therein and disposed under Vsaid pin to adapt the pointthereof toentertherethrough when bentinwardly,1theouter ends of thewalls of said slit beingparallel and normally contacting to provide asmooth unindented edge through whichsaid slit extends topreyentengagement of the walls of said slit with adjacent objects.

2. Apin tag comprising a ticket having a slit extending inwardly fromone edge thereof, ya T-shaped pin formed from a single piece of wire,the head thereof being engaged with said ticket and extending in a planeat right angles to said slit, saidihead comprising alined loopsextending laterally at right angles on opposite sides of the pin shank,1 the side members of one loop being in longitudinal alinement withthose of the other and spaced apart a distance Substan- In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set tially equal to the thickness of the ticketto my hand in presence of two subscribing Witbe clamped between them,and one side nesses.

member of each loop arranged on one face WILLAM LXVINGSTUN. 5 0f saidticket and the other on the opposite itnesses:

face thereof, the shank of said pin being ar- Lome BRILL,

ranged in alinement With said slit. (l1-IAS. FORBERT.

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